The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Timothy

Chapter 1

Christ brings immortality and eternal life through the gospel—Be strong in the faith.

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the apromise of life which is in Christ Jesus,

2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure aconscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother aEunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou astir up the bgift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my chands.

7 For God hath not given us the spirit of afear; but of bpower, and of clove, and of a sound mind.

8 Be not thou therefore aashamed of the btestimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy acalling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and bgrace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

10 But is now made amanifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished bdeath, and hath brought clife and dimmortality to light through the gospel:

11 Whereunto I am aappointed a preacher, and an bapostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not aashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

13 Hold fast the aform of bsound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which adwelleth in us.

15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be aturned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.

16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft arefreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:

17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find amercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.